Dendrolobium umbellatum (L.) Benth.

Dwarf shrubs to shrubs or small trees, to 3 m tall. Young shoots terete, densely appressed sericeous. Leaves 3-foliolate; petiole 2-5 cm; terminal leaflet blade elliptic or ovate to orbic­ular or broadly ovate, 5-14(-17) × 3-7(-8.5) cm, lateral leaflets slightly smaller, abaxially appressed long hairy, adaxially gla­brescent, lateral veins 7-12 on each side of midvein, reaching margin. Umbels often 10-20-flowered. Pedicel 3-7 mm at an­thesis, 5-12 mm in fruit. Calyx 4-5 mm, upper lobe 2-toothed at apex. Corolla white; standard broadly obovate or elliptic, 1-1.3 cm × 6-10 mm, clawed; wings narrowly elliptic, 1.1-1.2 cm × 1-2 mm, clawed; keel broader than wings, 1.1-1.2 cm × 3-5 mm, clawed. Stamens ca. 1 cm. Pistil to 1.5 cm; ovary seri­ceous; style ca. 1.2 cm, glabrous. Legume narrowly oblong, 2-3.5 × 0.4-0.6 cm, (3-)8-jointed; articles broadly elliptic or ob­long. Seed elliptic or broadly elliptic, ca. 4 × 3 mm. Fl. Aug-Oct, fr. Nov-Mar.

A tropical plant. In Papua New Guinea it occurs from sea level to 180 m altitude. It grows along intertidal rivers and sandy shores and in lowland forests. It needs well drained soil. It needs a sunny position in the drier tropics. It grows near sea shores. It grows on sandy soils and also grows on soils with high pH. It is drought tolerant.

The young leaves are used as a vegetable. The roasted fruit are eaten in the Andaman Islands.

Plants can be grown from seed.